September 2012

News and Notes

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The Los Angeles Times is reporting the long shelved Red Dawn remake (made way back in 2009 starring Chris Hemsworth, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Adrianne Palicki, Josh Hutcherson, and Isabel Lucas) will finally see the light of day by premiering at this year’s Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, later this month

Variety is reporting Dwayne “It’s Okay to Call Me The Rock Again” Johnson is set to produce and star in The Hero, a new reality-TV show for TNT in 2013

Deadline is reporting David Guggenheim has been asked by Universal to write a sequel to this year’s Safe House

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting Sherlock director Paul McGuigan is in talks to helm FOX’s new Frankenstein project

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Justice League International Annual #1

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justice-league-international-new-52-annual-1-coverThis is an unusual comic, and not only because it’s an annual for a series that’s been cancelled, introduces characters we may never see again, and shows us there’s no hope the team, in any recognizable form, is returning anytime soon in a new title.

In Justice League International Annual #1 Guy Gardner quits (again), and Booster Gold puts together a new team from the ashes of the old JLI by welcoming O.M.A.C., Blue Beetle, and the Olympian. However, the new JLI will last less than a full issue as O.M.A.C., now under control of Brother EYE, goes berserk and tries to kill every other member of the team.

Even if it does feel rushed, and kind of a mess, the story does have some important moments of note including Godiva and Booster’s kiss (I’m sad it looks like these characters won’t be together anymore), Blue Beetle being sent to the homeworld of the Reach, and our the first time Booster’s time traveling for Rip Hunter has been officially made part of New 52 continuity.

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Covert Affairs – Glass Spider

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When Annie (Piper Perabo) and Auggie (Christopher Gorham) discover Jai’s (Sendhil Ramamurthy) safe house they also learn that Simon (Richard Coyle) and his group was the subject of the investigation that likely got Jai killed. This forces Annie and Lena (Sarah Clarke) to come clean about Annie’s relationship to the spy to both Arthur (Peter Gallagher) and Joan (Kari Matchett). Not wanting to be part of a CIA laid trap to bring down a man who is in love with her, Annie makes a bold proposal that she be allowed to make the pitch to Simon and bring him in willingly.

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Green Lantern Annual #1

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green-lantern-annual-1-coverWriter Geoff Johns uses Green Lantern Annual #1 to kick off the next big Green Lantern event – “The Rise of the Third Army” which has been teased over the past few months. Apparently the Guardians of the Universe have decided the Green Lantern Corps, much like the Manhunters before them, have failed in their mission to bring order to the universe. Their solution? To make zombie soliders out of their own flesh, side with Black Hand over Hal Jordan and Sinestro, and destroy the Corps.

You had to wonder who the first casuality of the New 52 was going to be. Sadly, it appears to be Hal Jordan. Both Jordan and Sinestro are killed by a Guardian super-powered Black Hand, although we’ve already been teased that a Black Lantern Hal is on his way. You know what? That doesn’t make me feel any better about this arc.

The Third Army itself, a zombie-like Borg race that assimilates and converts others into its ranks, doesn’t really interest me. And removing my favorite GL (and Sinestro, whose arc back in the Corps has been pretty good) before the real battle even starts sure doesn’t instill me with much confidence. Hit-and-Miss.

[DC, $4.99]

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Perception – Kilimanjaro

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When a college student is murdered in his dorm room Dr. Pierce (Eric McCormack) is forced to get closer to his students than he would like in order to help Kate (Rachael Leigh Cook) and the FBI, who agree to investigate the case as a favor for Dean Haley (LeVar Burton). Pierce also has to deal with a football star (Aaron Hill) displaying symptoms of subdural hematoma who turned in a paper he bought online and bright but disinterested student (Shane Coffey) who seems to be doing everything in his power to flunk out of college.

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